Δανάα
πενία μόνα τὰς τέχνας ἐγείρει → poverty alone promotes skilled work, necessity is the mother of invention, necessity is the mother of all invention, poverty is the mother of invention, out of necessity comes invention, out of necessity came invention, frugality is the mother of invention
French (Bailly abrégé)
dor. c. Δανάη.
English (Slater)
Δᾰνᾰα daughter of Akrisios, mother of Perseus. θρασείᾳ δὲ πνέων καρδίᾳ μόλεν Δανάας ποτὲ παῖς, ἁγεῖτο δ' Ἀθάνα, ἐς ἀνδρῶν μακάρων ὅμιλον to the Hyperboreans (P. 10.45) υἱὸς Δανάας (P. 12.17) Ζεὺς ἐπ' Ἀλκμήναν Δανάαν τε μολὼν (N. 10.11) test., Σ Hom., <*> 319: αὐτὴ δέ, ὥς φησι Πίνδαρος καὶ ἄλλοι τινές, ἐφθάρη ὑπὸ τοῦ πατραδέλφου αὐτῆς Προίτου, ὅθεν αὐτοῖς καὶ στάσις ἐκινήθη (“fort. ad Δ. 4. trahendum” Snell) fr. 284.
Spanish (DGE)
v. Δανάη.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
Δᾰνάα: ἡ дор. = Δανάη.
